About Me
Selvaraj works on developing technologies and understanding the science in areas such as sustainable energy, environmental and nanomedicine. His research group, NCMLAB employs experimental and computational approaches towards the use of nanoscience and nanotechnology for various applications. His group is active in the rational design of functional materials to develop sustainable technologies for various applications including various electrocatalysis processes, production and storage of clean energy. Highly motivated young researchers, research fellows, post-doctoral fellows, project assistants and associates and PG project students in NCMLAB contributes to research from fundamental science to translational technologies. He is also the Scientist-in-charge of the Central Microscopy Facility at CSIR - NCL, a central analytical facility servicing the research requirement of NCL, research institutes/ universities and industries across the nation. His group is currently developing AEM electrolyser at kilowatt scale for the production of green hydrogen.
Selvaraj obtained his Ph.D degree in chemistry from the CSIR National Chemical Laboratory under the mentoring of Dr. Paul Ratnasamy initially and later by Dr. A. V. Ramaswamy at the National Chemical Laboratory. He was an assistant professor at the University Department of Chemistry, Pune University where he taught Physical Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry, Instrumental Methods, and Spectroscopy to post-graduates during which period he visited the lab of Prof. Dr. Ir. J. E. Ten Elshof at MESA+, University of Twente, The Netherlands. He was an ANR visiting researcher to ICG, a CNRS laboratory at Montpellier, France between 2006 to 2008. He was mentored by Prof. Jean Marie Devoiselle and Dr. Sylvie Begu.
He is a research scientist at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory since 2002. Current high priority programs of his group, NCMLAB includes (i) Developing technologies for clean and sustainable energy (ii) Developing 2D and 3D carbon materials for novel functional materials energy and environment and (iiI) multifunctional nanosystems for biomedical applications and health such as medical diagnostics, targeted drug delivery, chemotherapy, photothermally controlled drug release and hyperthermia. These are largely supported by funds from CSIR through schemes such as EMPOWER, Hydrogen Mission, Energy FTT and SERB DST etc.,